This is the new full frame Noktor HyperPrime 50mm f/0.95 lens

This is the a picture of the new full frame Noktor HyperPrime 50mm f/0.95 lens. There are not details about the lens mount, but the fact that is a full frame lens limits it to Sony/Nikon/Canon/Leica cameras. Some more details:

So this is gonna be the fastest SLR lens on the market. I’m curious about the price. Outdated Canon EF 50 mm f1 had awful performance but now you can’t find one cheaper than 4000$. Knowing that SLR Magic is a cheapskate-oriented company, price of this particular f0.95 lens would be around 1300$. Or this is just my silly dreams? 🙂

The 50 1L still has better IQ than the 10K Noctilux Asph 50 0.95 and autofocuses too 😉

Rob V

I don’t know where you got that information, but that’s absolutely false. The Noctilux f/0.95 ASPH is one of the sharpest 50mm lenses ever made for 35mm format. The 50 f/1 L has many optical aberrations. And who cares about autofocus? If you know what you’re doing, you can focus a Leica much faster than a camera with AF can focus in low light (which is what these fast lenses are made for). Even the $1000 Voigtlander 50mm f/1.1 has better image quality than the f/1 L (I’ve used both).
But if you can’t afford a Leica, you can keep telling yourself that the Canon is better.
(I have nothing against Canon BTW, I own 4 Canon cameras, and 2 Leicas)

The Noctilux f/0.95 ASPH is one of the sharpest 50mm lenses ever made for 35mm format.

It’s certainly in the top 3… with the other two being the old Canon 50 0.95 and the Canon 50 1L. What competition is there at around f/1 anyway? But if stopping down to f/2.8, you’ll find it difficult to a find a 50mm prime that’s not sharp.

. The 50 f/1 L has many optical aberrations.

So do all lenses that are this fast… Leica doesn’t get a special ticket to bypass physics. I guess this also means you don’t have the Noctilux 0.95 asph.

And who cares about autofocus? If you know what you’re doing, you can focus a Leica much faster than a camera with AF can focus in low light (which is what these fast lenses are made for).

Just mentioned AF in the 50 1L because they managed to engineer it in to the package… not to start a debate about AF vs. rangefinder MF… let’s leave it at that.

Even the $1000 Voigtlander 50mm f/1.1 has better image quality than the f/1 L (I’ve used both).

I’ve come across some people who’ve gone through several 50 1Ls before they found one that they thought was good in IQ… it’s possible that you came across a less than average sample.

But if you can’t afford a Leica, you can keep telling yourself that the Canon is better.

It’s not about being able to afford because I haven’t had issues getting what I want so far… knowing about cameras and lenses, I don’t see any shallow DOF producing “normal” lens on 35mm that’s worth bothering with. Plus the image quality of the Leica bodies+sensors can make even the best lenses look like garbage.

Peter

IQ will just be shit… like the previus notkor 50mm f/0.95 for m4/3…

Rob V

Exactly. I don’t care how cheap and fast it is, if the IQ is unacceptable I don’t want it. I’ll stick to the Voigtlander 50mm f/1.1

That’s freaky. His hand looks so much like my own that it took me three minutes to be certain that it was not mine.

sadasd

also 5 finger?

Peter

ou and rule no.1 never ever put bright relfective surfaces near the front element, it promots, flares and ghosting, just goes to show you, that they have no idea what they are doing… because they don’t design these things, just rebrand CCTV lenses. Sad…

fd

Just another CCTV lens no doubt, you can get larger format CCTV cameras so it wouldn’t be too hard to find one that covers full frame, especially a 50mm.

Obviously the best thing to do with a lens that is already inherently prone to a multitude of optical abberations is to put a brightly coloured ring right around the front element!

Expect it to cost ten times what it should and perform badly. I just feel sad that there are people out there who will buy this junk.